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Ethnic Minorities in the European Union: An Overview

In: Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets

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  • Martin Kahanec
  • Anzelika Zaiceva
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann

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This highly accessible book illustrates how policy makers can address and nurture the effects of growing ethnic diversity in European labor markets.

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  • Martin Kahanec & Anzelika Zaiceva & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2011. "Ethnic Minorities in the European Union: An Overview," Chapters, in: Martin Kahanec & Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology;

    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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